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Chapter 2 Parts and their Functions
OUTPUT/AUTO KNEE selector switch
Used to select the video signals sent from the camera
unit to the memory, viewfinder and video monitor.
CAM. AUTO KNEE ON:
Video being recorded through the camera is sent with
the auto knee circuit activated.
CAM. AUTO KNEE OFF:
Video being recorded through the camera is sent in
manual knee mode.
BARS:
Colour bar signal is output. The auto knee circuit does
not work.
You can select between four types of colour bar signal.
For more information, see [8-5-5 SW MODE].
Auto Knee function
Usually, when you adjust levels to shoot people or scenery against
a strongly lit background, the background will be totally whited-
out, with buildings and other objects blurred. In this case, the auto
knee function reproduces the background clearly. This function is
effective when:
•
The subject is a person positioned in the shade under a clear
sky.
•
The subject is a person inside a car or building, and you also
want to capture the background visible through a window.
•
The subject is a high-contrast scene.
WHITE BAL (white balance memory selector)
switch
Used to select the white balance adjustment method.
PRST:
Use this when you have no time to adjust the
white balance.
The value for the white balance is factory-set
to 3200 K.
It can be changed to any colour temperature
using a menu option. For more information,
see
[4-9-5
Manually].
A or B:
Pressing the
toward [AWB] automatically adjusts the white
balance, saving the adjusted value in Memory
A or B. For more information, see [4-1-1
Adjusting the White Balance].
Your video camera-recorder is factory-set to save the
adjusted value. Through a menu option, the auto-
tracking white balance (ATW) can be assigned to B, or
desired colour temperatures can be assigned to A and
B.
For more information, see [4-1-1 Adjusting the White
Balance].
MODE CHECK button
Each press of this button changes the screen type in the
viewfinder in the following order: STATUS, !LED,
FUNCTION, AUDIO.
This does not affect the signal output from the camera.
Setting
Color
Temperature
AUTO W/B BAL Switch
(continued)
MARKER SELECT button
This button selects the marker information indicated on
the viewfinder screen. It switches between two marker
information indications, which can be selected using a
menu option. Pressing this button once switches the
indicated marker information from A (Marker A) to B
(Marker B), and pressing again switches B to OFF (no
marker). When the power is turned on, the last selected
indication before power-down appears.
For more information, see [4-7-6 Marker Check Screen
Displays (MARKER SELECT button function)].
SYNCHRO SCAN ADJUSTMENT buttons
These buttons are enabled when the
positioned at [ON] and synchro scan is selected.
They are used to adjust the speed of the synchro scan.
The – button decreases shutter speed; the + button
increases shutter speed.
If you shoot a PC monitor, for example, you should
adjust shutter speed so that the horizontal bars in the
viewfinder will produce less noise.
Shooting and Recording/Playback Function
Section (recording)
REC START/STOP button
Pressing this button starts recording, pressing again
stops recording.
This button has the same function as the
button on the handle and the VTR button at the lens.
SHOT MARK button
Pressing this button while recording adds a shot mark to
the thumbnail of that clip. This button also adds a shot
mark to any thumbnail selected on the LCD monitor.
For more information on shot marks, see [3-9 Shot Mark
Function].
SAVE ON/OFF switch
Used to select the power supply method for each output
section.
ON: The output selected through the menu option
SAVE SW is power-saved. This option can be
found on the OPTION MODE screen on the
SYSTEM SETTING page.
OFF: Power saving is canceled.
<Note>
During recording, this switch produces no effect. The
power supply method is switched after recording is
finished.
VIDEO OUT CHARACTER switch
This switch controls the superimposition of characters
onto the video output from the VIDEO OUT connector.
ON: Characters are superimposed.
OFF: Characters are not superimposed.
For types of characters, see [4-9-2 Selecting Video
Output Signals].
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shutter switch is
REC
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